La Yegros
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = La Yegros
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| birth_name = Mariana Alejandra Yegros
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| birth_place = Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| genre = Latin, Electro, Folklore, Worldbeat
| occupation = singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Canta La Selva
| associated_acts = King Coya, Bomba Estereo, Miss Bolivia, Gustavo Santaolalla
| website = [http://www.layegros.com Official website]
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Mariana Alejandra Yegros, better known by her stage name La Yegros, is an Argentinian singer-songwriter.
Private life
Mariana Yegros was born in Morón, Buenos Aires Province. Daughter of Aníbal Yegros and Pily Jara, she discovered her passion in music while being very young. Her parents are originally from Misiones Province.{{cite news|url=https://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/escenarios/musica/yegros-argentina-hace-bailar-europa-canciones-piden-mundo-desigual_0_4QZOt8kcz.html|work=Clarín|title=La Yegros: la argentina que hace bailar a Europa con canciones que piden un mundo menos desigual|date=24 May 2019|access-date=8 October 2022|language=es|last=Pavon|first=Hector}}
Her influences come from her family origins. Her father listened to chamamé, which is traditional folk music from the north of Argentina, and her mother listened to cumbia. Later in life she explored music from India and Africa which inspired her to mix music styles.{{Cite news|url=http://couvrexchefs.com/en/interview-la-yegros-2 |title=Interview with La Yegros : the feminine electronic cumbia
|access-date=24 July 2014 |publisher=Couvre x Chefs}}
After finishing high school, she joined the Conservatory of Music of Morón in Buenos Aires to study opera singing.
Career start
A few years after joining her studies, she joined an alternative group called De La Guarda. There were two music directors, one of whom was King Coya (Argentinean electro-cumbia producer). That opened the way for her to start performing in public, to sing in front of thousands of people.{{Cite news|url=https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/argentina/argentinean-singer-la-yegros-talks-to-sounds-and-colours-23925 |title=Getting Closer to Folklore: An Interview with La Yegros
|access-date= 12 May 2014 |publisher=Sounds and Colors}}
Solo career
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Her debut album Viene de Mi was released on 17 June 2013 on ZZK/Waxploitation Records.
Gustavo Santaolalla, Gaby Kerpel, Gato Muñoz and Miss Bolivia are collaborators of this album.
It mixes electronic music with traditional Latin American rhythms like cumbia, chamamé, carnavalito and milonga.
Singles of this album are "Viene de mí" and "Trocitos de madera".
Media platform Sounds and Colors named it "one of the best albums of 2013".{{Cite news|url=https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/best-albums-of-2013-22501/ |title=Best Albums of 2013
|access-date= 13 December 2013 |publisher=Sounds and Colors}}
Her song "El Bendito" was featured in the football video game 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
In 2015 she released Magnetismo, through Soundway Records.
The album is a mix of influences: to chamamé melodies to cumbia and EDM. In addition, explorations into North and West African folk music – from Rai to Malian blues – hip-hop, rock, tropical pop, reggae, and dancehall are woven in.{{Cite news|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/magnetismo-mw0002907603 |title=La Yegros – Magnetismo|publisher=AllMusic}}
The record has many collaborations, including Gustavo Santaolalla, Gaby Kerpel, Javier Casalla, Puerto Candelaria and Sabina Sciubba.{{Cite news|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/magnetismo-mw0002907603 |title=La Yegros – Magnetismo |publisher=AllMusic}}
“Chicha Roja" is the official single of this record, which has over 6 million views on YouTube.{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ5XhJ-LXsc |title=La Yegros – Chicha Roja (Official Video) |access-date=5 February 2016 |publisher=Soundway Records}}
In 2019 she released the album Suelta, through her own records label Canta La Selva records, produced by Gaby Kerpel with the luxurious collaboration of Eduardo Cabra (also known as Visitante and part of Calle 13) and Jori Collignon (member of the tropical bass band Skip & Die). Soom T. Appears as a guest singer on "Tenemos Voz"{{Cite news|url=http://www.rhythmpassport.com/articles-and-reviews/interview/interview-la-yegros-reina-de-cumbias-march-2019/ |title=Interview: La Yegros – Queen of Cumbias (March 2019) |access-date= 12 March 2019 |publisher=Rhythm Passport}}
Singles of this album are "Alegría", "Sube La Presión" y "Linda La Cumbia" and "Tenemos Voz".
Discography
=Albums=
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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album !align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR {{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=La+Yegros | title=La Yegros discography | website=lescharts.com | publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=28 June 2013}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|Viene de Mi | style="text-align:center;"|126 | style="text-align:center;"|135 |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|Magnetismo | style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;"|2019
|Suelta | style="text-align:center;" |
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=Singles=
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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Single !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|"Viene de Mi" | style="text-align:center;"|168 |Viene de Mi |
| style="text-align:center;"|2018
|"Sube La Presión" | style="text-align:center;"| – |Suelta |
| style="text-align:center;"|2019
|"Linda la Cumbia" | style="text-align:center;"| – |Suelta |
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140201114407/http://waxploitation.com/la-yegros Artist Profile on Waxploitation Records]
- [https://www.facebook.com/LaYegros La Yegros on Facebook]
- [https://twitter.com/layegros Official Twitter Page]
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Category:People from Morón Partido
Category:Singers from Buenos Aires
Category:Afro-Argentine musicians
Category:Argentine folk singers